Footnotes

Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources.

Definition:The employment rate is the share of employed persons aged 25-49 in the population of the corresponding sex and age group.Data are reported according to the number of children under the age of 17. Children living outside the household are not considered.

Break in methodlogy (2004): Break in series due to change in data collection procedure.

Country: Austria

Change in definition (1980): Data refer to the livelihood concept

Country: Austria

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1984

Country: Belarus

The number of children under the age of 15 is considered.

Country: Belgium

Change in definition (2003 - 2015): A child is considered as a person below 17 who lives in the household whatever the relation to the reference person may be.

Country: Croatia

Data given for 2013 onwards are calibrated according to the results of the Census 2011 and are not fully comparable with data given for previous years.

Country: Finland

The number of children under the age of 18 is considered.

Country: France

Reference area: Metropolitan France

Country: Germany

Break in methodlogy (2005): Until 2004, data refer to one reporting week. From 2005 data are annual average figures.

Country: Greece

Data refer to annual averages.

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2000): In 1998: 1) Changes in the weighting method; 2) Transition to the 1995 Population Census estimates; See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/publications/saka_change/tch_e.pdf

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2001): Changes in the weighting method. See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/saka_y/e_intro_f1_comparison-mimi.f

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2009): 1) Update of the definition of the civilian labour force characteristics; 2) Transition to the 2008 Population Census estimates. See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications11/1460/pdf/intro05_e.pdf

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2012): 1) Transitiom from a quarterly to a monthly LFS; 2) Changes in the definitions of labour force characteristics (including compulsory and permanent military service into labour force). See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/labour_survey04/labour_f--orce_survey/answer_question_e_2012.pdf

Country: Israel

Change in definition (2005): 1) Update of the definitions of labour force characteristics; 2) Changes in the Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities; See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/publications/saka_change/tch_e.pdf

Country: Italy

Break in methodlogy (2004): From 2004, there is a break in series due to change in survey and data collection procedure (continuous survey).

Country: Luxembourg

Reference period (1980): Reference year 1983

Country: Moldova, Republic of

Data exclude the territory of the Transnistria and municipality of Bender

Country: Poland

Data are not fully comparable with the results of the surveys prior to 2010 as persons staying outside households for 12 months or longer are excluded from the survey (previously over 3 months).

Country: Portugal

Data from 2011 onwards are not directly comparable with data for the previous years due to new data collection methods used in the Portuguese Labour Force Survey series.

Country: Romania

Break in methodology (2002): Due to the revision of the definitions and the coverage, the data series of 2002-2012 are not perfectly comparable with data series of previous years. Break in series starting with year 2013. For years 2014 onward data were estimated using the resident population. For year 2013 data were estimated based on revised population figures (resident population) in accordance to the 2011 Census results.

Country: Romania

Reference period (1995): Data for 1995 refers to March 1995

Country: Russian Federation

Change in definition (2009 - 2013): Data present the population aged 15-72 years

Country: Serbia

Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija.

Country: Switzerland

Break in methodlogy (2010): Change to continuous survey. As of 2010: annual averages